20242. Adulteration of  caraway  seed.    U.S.   v.   8  Bass   of   Caraway  Seed.
Decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 28735.    Sample 
no. 8933-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of caraway seed 
which was found to contain rodent excreta.
On August 22, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of eight bags of caraway seed, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Homestead, Pa., alleging that the article had 
been shipped on or about December 4, 1930, by C. M. Van Sillevoldt, from 
Hoboken, N. J., to Pittsburgh, Pa., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
It-was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
?wholly or in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On September 26, 1932, no claim having been entered for the property and the 
consignee having consented to its destruction, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the 
United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWEIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.